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GamePro: Naruto: The Broken Bond Preview

NARUTO: The Broken Bond is an action-adventure game that picks up where Rise of a Ninja left off. The game throws Naruto and 25 other characters in playable adventures from the series, complete with voice acting from the original cast. The Broken Bond is an Xbox 360 exclusive and will be on store shelves November 7th, 2008.

Following Naruto's ascent in last year's acclaimed Rise of a Ninja, The Broken Bond picks up his story at the height of peace in Konoha. Naruto has gained the respect of his fellow villagers except for his close friend Sasuke. Envious of Naruto's power, Sasuke leaves to join forces with Orochimaru. As a legion of sand ninjas lay waste to Konoha, Naruto is left to reconstruct the ruined town and seek out his forsaken friend.

Sonics0205751d ago

O god why? Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm looks so much better. Why is this even coming out?

sushipoop5751d ago

true. Rise of Ninja was bad enough as it is and now those same people are making a sequel. they should leave Naruto to the Japanese.

Slade235750d ago

how would you know it's better. you didn't even play the game yet stupid!!

Montrealien5750d ago

Sonic, unless you did not know this, Storm, wich looks like a great game, is exclussive to the PS3, Brocken bond is only on the 360. Imho this is so much better then having the same game ported on both consoles. We have what is looking like 2 great Naruto games coming out on both consoles and they are different. If you can`t appreciate that then you are a generic fanboy, it`s sad really, you will miss out on so many games...

pwnsause5751d ago

look, the backgroud drawings in the game dont mix very well with the actual characters, in other words what i am saying is the backgrounds in the game dont belong there with the anime, it doesnt feel anime like, unlike Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm's enviornments.

power of Green 5751d ago (Edited 5751d ago )

Hating at it's best.

"Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm looks so much better"

The reason you think so is because you're a PS3 fanboy and you are deffending the PS3 version.

Have you even researched anything about this title? this game's offerings blow that game you're talking about out of the water. lol

Stop hating on the superior environmental dynamic graphics the 360 Naruto games have.
Bashing this game because the PS3 game has painted in detail in the environmets is no mask of what you're really doing when bashing this game, its that simple.

sushipoop5751d ago (Edited 5751d ago )

The combat system looks slow. The characters don't even look the same as they do in the anime. The people developing it aren't even Japanese. Rise of Ninja sucked. Ultimate Ninja Storm looks miles better than this trash, ESPECIALLY when talking about graphics. Going into First Person in a Naruto game = lol.

Naruto looks like a retard in Broken Bond.

power of Green 5751d ago (Edited 5751d ago )

Who needs to hear a troll's opinion in a thread about a game that they hate or think is inferior by default anyways lol.

Doesn't make any sense. The first info just came out about the game yesterday or so and it's being written off just because the PS3 has a Naruto game. GTFO of herrr

Go play(wait for) the PS3 version no one gives a fuc, sheeesh.

Like a child going over to the other children's play spot saying his toy is better and he knows a place to play that beats where they're playing at lol

sushipoop5751d ago

"Who needs to hear a trolls opinion"

Talking to yourself there, POG? I mean you're the biggest troll on N4G.

Slade235750d ago

sushi i bet you don't even play naruto that much. and also i bet that your just saying that because, 1 your a ps3 fanboys and trying to defend the ps3. now the another thing that i really hate the most is ps3 fanboys going to 360 articles. and sushi your the biggest troll on n4g. because dude your in a freaking 360 article, i don't even know why your in here. were talking about NARUTO: THE BROKEN BOND not stupid ultimate ninja strom. well i like both games but then i perfer broken bond and it's my opinion. also your opinion as well but why come over here and talk about. we don't care what you like. go ahead go be a 5 year old talk alot of opinions. but this is a 360 article. i don't see any ps3 on top on the article. thats the sign of ps3 fanboys going to 360 artciles and being stupid 5 years old commenting on crap that is not realatied to broken bond. yes thats why ps3 fanboys are the dumb and worst fanboys ever. lol and the thing that makes me laugh is that you guys don't even see how the game is like so how would you know it's better stupid. i prove myself again let me say 5 words DUMB AND WORST FANBOYS EVER.

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power of Green 5751d ago

You're hating on the reaction of the media as an whole and this game's new found offerings.
The text in this post is offensive to PS3 fanboys, they actually seen Ninja Storm as payback's for the fisrt XBox game and now this game comes out of nowhere seeming to offer enough to have the industry excited.

Even an anti Xbox site like GP had a hard time trying to downplay this with spin lol.

poos35750d ago

HAHAH PS3 FANBOYS ARE comparing a open world adventure (broken bond) to the ninja stormon the ps3 which is a boring fighting game with no free roam mode if im wrong prove me wrong ? haha dont let them fool you storm is a fighting game which is no contest an an open world game.

panasonic235750d ago

uns is basicly a dbz tenkichi clone it a fighting game with one big area that it. naron2 is a actionadventure game it got more going on than uns it a gta naruto game. If ubisoft use the graphic from prince of persia there wil be no contest

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Naruto Videogames Ship 10 Million Units Worldwide

Namco Bandai Games has today announced that the Naruto videogame franchise has shipped 10 million copies worldwide since the launch of the first game in 2003. Namco Bandai Games began releasing Naruto videogames in March 2003 and has published a total of 15 titles to date across multiple platforms.

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RedDead4489d ago

He must be talking about his own games right? CC2's ultimate ninja(storm for this gen) series

Baka-akaB4488d ago

Er yeah , what's the gamecube , gbza/ds or wii games doing in the listing ?

Bandai namco is only behind the good naruto games :p . BAsically the ps2 ps3 narutimate/ultimate ninja (now on 360 too of course)series , or the psp games

lizard812884488d ago

I heard those games are going downhill. Atleast the CoN games. I wish they brought CoN4 over, since that one is the best, but they didn't. Instead we got an American adaption

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Why 2009 Will BeThe Year Of The Xbox 360 (Chapter Four: The Ally)

In this chapter, we will be unfolding a new reason known as the Ally. This reason will reveal all the support that Microsoft will be receiving, this year, from their partners including Square-Enix, Namco Bandai, Ubisoft, Bethesda, Epic Games, Valve, and Capcom.

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Master Samo5456d ago

To all the readers, I thank you in advance for reading this article. I would like to present to you some of the Bits Of Information (BOI) that I was not able to include in this article. They are as follow:

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I hope everyone enjoyed the Information provided

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MURKERR5456d ago (Edited 5456d ago )

why not write why they were exclusive? because of the ps3 install base back then,most of the sequels to those game are ps3 bound,3rd party support like take two,ubisoft sega,EA,konami have confirmed they made most of their money on ps3 last year 2008 so 3rd party support is cemented.

square are the only ones who really have gone to microsofts side this gen (is it coincidence their games and reputation havent been good lately?),as for DLC this week has highlighted thats not as exclusive as gamers thought,still dont care for DLC though i want exclusive games and

ps3 has the best 1st party support i have seen by any gaming company for years and 'TRICO' was the cherry on top for me

360s year was 2007 an amazing year for games but times move on

FUNNIEST THING HHG IS CLAIMING A CONSOLE CAN WIN BY 3RD PARTY SUPPORT THOUGH THAT MEANS BOTH CONSOLES WILL GET THEIR GAMES? GO FIGURE

HHG you fail again

Kamikaze1355456d ago

Square-Enix - None of their current gen games scored well.

Namco Bandai - Tales of Vesperia heading to PS3...the complete version with exclusive content - making the 360 version seem incomplete and leaving 360 owners in the dark.

Ubisoft - Same as Square Enix

Bethesda - All DLC heading to PS3 starting in June. No exclusive support here.

Epic Games - Gears was awesome....but nothing in 2009

Valve - They barely support the 360 versions of their games. These guys are a PC brand =P

Capcom - They're releasing 20-40 PSone classic. Dead Rising 2 and Lost Planet 2 were already confirmed for the PS3.

KingKionic 5456d ago

Very nicely put. Im amazed at the writer made it so detailed. I thank you master samo. Also the article explain third party support which is very true that the xbox 360 does have alot of third party support .

qface645456d ago (Edited 5456d ago )

wut? .___. does not compute

anyways years already half way through and nothing unbelievable has really come out for the 360 in that time and i don't really think in the next 6 months they will release a bunch of stuff for it at least not huge exclusives that make everyone go ga ga

sure they will release more games and DLC this year but will it really be enough to say that 2009 will be the year of the 360?

TrevorPhillips5456d ago

keep on coming samo your doing a very good job :)

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PM: Naruto: The Broken Bond Review

PM:

"Now, what does the game get worse? The animation in cut-scenes seems stiffer, though it may be my imagination. Also, the fetch quests start almost before the game's title screen, and I don't want to find another block of wood for a boat, nor do I want to run around the forest to get coins anymore. If these coins are so valuable, why are people leaving them lying around in the forest? How come no one else has picked them up? They are GIGANTIC and GLOWING. To put it another way, if I were sawing a piece of wood in a field, and there was a coin the size of my torso rotating next to me, I might drop my saw and bring it to town to see what it was worth. Why are people hiding these coins in big blue barrels? There's a lot of quality in The Broken Bond, but gamey garbage like this drags it into the gutter. The producers should learn that just jumping across rooftops is fun. I don't need a reason to do it, and even if I did, it doesn't have to be enormous floating currency."

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